Graphemes for /ɑ/ and Related Phonemes

Open

/ɑ/ - open back unrounded vowel

Writing System	Grapheme	Example	Notes
en-Latn	<a>	father

Near-open

Open-mid

/ʌ/ - open-mid back unrounded vowel

Writing System	Grapheme	Example	Notes
en-Latn	<ou>	country, rough
en-Latn	<o>	love, ton
en-Latn	<u>	fun
wo-Arab	<ا◌َ>	اَ	word initial,dual verb connector
wo-Arab	<◌َ>	خَرْ ‘worth’
wo-Latn	<a>	jar ‘worth’

/ʌː/ - lengthened open-mid back unrounded vowel

Writing System	Grapheme	Example	Notes
wo-Arab	<آ>	آجࣷوࣷو ‘(to) depend (on)’	word initial
wo-Arab	<◌َا>	خَارْ ‘to pass’
wo-Latn	<aa>	jaar ‘to pass’